Following a proposal for a 70 percent tax on the rich by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar, a freshman Congresswoman from Minnesota, suggested that wealthy Americans should pay as much as 80 percent in taxes.
Omar suggested the massive tax increase as a way to pay for socialist proposals like the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. Ocasio-Cortez and Omar are among a group of far-left Democrats pushing for the two proposals, which, if implemented, would have the government take near-total control of America’s healthcare and energy industries.
